Sentence examples for that the clout from inspiring English sources

Some analysts interpreted the 2009 voting results as evidence that the clout of regional, caste-based parties was waning.

I think that the clout the Brits have abroad in Los Angeles... comes about through brave decisions and bold mistakes.

Arthur Levitt, a former S.E.C. chairman, said "it is appalling" that the clout of the accounting industry may yet keep Congress from adopting meaningful laws.

Analysts said that Syria had long been home to the real commanders — low-level leaders making daily decisions for their decentralized units — and that the clout of the F.S.A. exile leadership might already be waning.

Landrieu has attempted to persuade voters that the clout she has acquired on Capitol Hill in almost two decades in office puts her in a better position to deliver for Louisiana.

Although often a subject of controversy, Hillary showed that the ceremonial parts of the first lady's job could be merged with a strong role in public policy and that the clout of the first lady could be converted into a personal political power base.

And it also risks excluding poor countries that lack the clout to join any of the regional trade blocks themselves.

For it has also exacerbated ethnic tensions by proscribing any redrawing of congressional districts that weakens the clout of minority voting blocks.

That's the clout a team holds when it begins the year as the fourth-ranked team in the country, behind only Stanford, Colorado and Arkansas.

"We need to create a robust, cabinet-level agency, led by a strong director, that has the clout and resources to make the homeland security mission work".

This is not an industry that has the clout to defend itself.